Mukesh ambani Indian biggest rich man


Born
Mukesh Dhirubhai Ambani

19 April 1957 (age 63)
NationalityIndian
Alma materInstitute of Chemical Technology (BE)
OccupationChairman and MD, Reliance Industries
Net worthUS$72.2 billion (13 July 2020)[3]
Spouse(s)
Nita Ambani (m. 1985)
[4]
Children3
Parent(s)Dhirubhai Ambani
RelativesAnil Ambani

He married Nita Ambani in 1985 and they have two sons; Anant and Akash, and a daughter, Isha.[66][4] They met after his father attended a dance performance which Nita took part in and thought of the idea of arranging a marriage between the two.[67]

They live in Antilia, a private 27-storey building in Mumbai, which was valued at US$1 billion and was the most expensive private residence in the world at the time it was built.[27][68] The building requires a staff of 600 for maintenance, and it includes three helipads, a 160-car garage, private movie theater, swimming pool, and fitness center.[69]

In 2007, Ambani gifted his wife a $60 million Airbus A319 for her 44th birthday.[70] The airbus, which has a capacity of 180 passengers, has been custom-fitted to include a living room, bedroom, satellite television, WiFi, sky bar, Jacuzzi, and an office.[71]

Ambani was titled "The World's Richest Sports Team Owner" after his purchase of the IPL cricket team Mumbai Indians for $111.9 million in 2008.[72][73]

In an interview with Rajdeep Sardesai in March 2017, he said that his favourite food continued to be idli sambar and his favourite restaurant remains Mysore Café, a restaurant in Kings circle (Mumbai) where he used to eat as a student at UDCT.[74] Mukesh Ambani is a strict vegetarian and teetotaler.[75] He is a very big fan of Bollywood movies, watching three a week because he says "you need some amount of escapism in life."[35][30]

Ambani attended the Hill Grange High School at Peddar Road, Mumbai, along with his brother and Anand Jain, who later became his close associate.[13] After his secondary schooling, he studied at the St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.[14] He then received a BE degree in Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Chemical Technology.[15][16]

Ambani later enrolled for an MBA at Stanford University but withdrew in 1980 to help his father build Reliance, which at the time was still a small but fast-growing enterprise.[17] His father felt that real-life skills were harnessed through experiences and not by sitting in a classroom, so he called his son back to India from Stanford to take command of a yarn manufacturing project in his company.[11]

Ambani has been quoted as saying that he was influenced by his teachers William F. Sharpe and Man Mohan Sharma because they are "the kind of professors who made you think out of the box."[18]


of Award or HonorName of Award or HonorAwarding Organization
2000Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year[53]Ernst & Young India
2010Global Vision Award at The Awards Dinner[54]Asia Society
2010Business Leader of the Year[55]NDTV India
2010Businessman of the Year[56]Financial Chronicle
2010School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean's Medal[57]University of Pennsylvania
2010ranked 5th-best performing global CEO[58]Harvard Business Review
2010Global Leadership Award[59]Business Council for International Understanding
2010Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Science)[60]M. S. University of Baroda
2013Millennium Business Leader of the Decade at Indian Affairs India Leadership Conclave Awards 2013)[61]India Leadership Conclave & Indian Affairs Business Leadership Awards
2016Foreign associate, U.S. National Academy of Engineering[62][63]National Academy of Engineering
2016Othmer Gold Medal[64][65]Chemical Heritage Foundation

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